On Friday 22 Jan 2010 8:10:54 am Thaths wrote: > India's size is about a third of the United States'. When looked at in > terms of geographic size, 28 states seem too many.
80% of the US population (240 million) is in cities, while the remaining 60 million are spread out in that vastness of the US 70% of India's population (750 million people) are in rural areas. The distances that need to be covered fom urban centers to rural areas often mean that there is first world-third world difference between urban and rural in India. Having smaller states with a stake in it for the local people to develop their own cities and infrastructure might be a better idea than to have mini countries like we have now. Like my son said in reaction to news of the Telengana agitation, "I think Karnataka should be split up into Kannadangana, Mysoorunagara and Bengalooru". Smaller states may be the way forward for India. shiv
